Chapter 987: The Journey to Find the Cat

After returning from the world of the Magical Girl Madoka, Lingyun enjoyed a relatively leisurely period of time.

However, the leisure was only on the surface; in reality, Lingyun had been adjusting his state and recovering his losses during this time. After all, reconstructing an entire world on the verge of collapse with his own strength, adjusting the whole world to a stage where it could function properly, and then leading Kaname Madoka and the others on a vast journey through the River of Time and Space—this had consumed quite a lot for Lingyun.

"Lingyun, I'm back!"

Just as Lingyun was looking at the newly developed Shield for the Cursed Children, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind him and hung directly onto his back.

"Kurumi, welcome back." Lingyun reached out his hands and supported Tokisaki Kurumi's legs.

"I've heard about it, you know. On your first day back in the Cloud Realm, you brought Yuejiang back to your room. As expected, those little ones from the Magical Girl Madoka world are completely unable to relieve your stress, right?" Tokisaki Kurumi whispered into Lingyun's ear.

A look of helplessness couldn't help but appear on Lingyun's face: "They are just children!"

"It's precisely because they are children that you can't let them go!" Tokisaki Kurumi said with a giggle.

Lingyun reached out and gave Tokisaki Kurumi a light flick on the forehead. Ever since the problems in the Date A Live World were resolved, Tokisaki Kurumi's personality seemed to be developing in an increasingly strange direction, and she had become more and more mischievous.

"In fact, compared to you, they still lack a bit of charm!" Lingyun turned his arm and brought Tokisaki Kurumi directly in front of him.

"Hmm, as expected, the charm of a child still cannot compare to a mature big sister!" Tokisaki Kurumi looked toward Lingyun's back with some provocation.

Lingyun turned his head to look; Nangong Nayue was standing there at some point, and beside her was Ashtarte, dressed in a maid outfit.

"You guys! Why do you always treat me like a child!" A trace of indignation appeared on Nangong Nayue's face, and a burst of purple light suddenly rose from her body.

Amidst the purple light, the figure of a mature woman suddenly appeared. The adult Nangong Nayue looked at Tokisaki Kurumi, who was hanging on Lingyun, with a trace of anger in her eyes.

"Ah, I didn't expect Yuejiang could really turn into an adult's appearance. It seems I should call you Sister Na Yue now! But why do you always keep your child appearance usually?" Tokisaki Kurumi said with a giggle.

Hearing Tokisaki Kurumi's words, Nangong Nayue's face turned red. She couldn't very well say that she had gotten used to maintaining this physical state. She believed that if she really said this reason out loud, she would definitely be laughed to death by Tokisaki Kurumi.

Immediately, she glanced at Tokisaki Kurumi, then walked to Lingyun's side and reached out to hook her arm around his.

"As expected, you also took that step, Yuejiang!" Tokisaki Kurumi's voice suddenly sounded in the depths of Nangong Nayue's heart.

"Aren't you the same?" A blush couldn't help but rise on Nangong Nayue's face.

"I knew it, Yuejiang wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity!" Tokisaki Kurumi responded with a giggle.

"By the way, Kurumi, did you come to find me for something this time?" Lingyun felt the warmth coming from both arms and asked Tokisaki Kurumi beside him.

"Of course there's something!" Tokisaki Kurumi puffed out her cheeks at Lingyun. "Lingyun, do you still remember? You told me before that you would help me find Koneko. Now that so much time has passed, you haven't forgotten, have you!"

Hearing Tokisaki Kurumi's words, a look of realization couldn't help but rise in Lingyun's eyes. That's right, previously in the Aincrad world, Tokisaki Kurumi had a cat familiar, but after Yui gained control of Aincrad and materialized it, Koneko's data disappeared. Lingyun initially thought it was a data error, but later discovered that the cat should have been an existence that had strayed into this world.

Because of the special nature of Aincrad, the other party could not display its true form and could only exist in the form of a cat. However, after Yui gained control of Aincrad, she excluded this outsider, and the excluded Baiyin should have been guided away by her own world.

Lingyun casually pulled at Tokisaki Kurumi, and a thin line appeared in his hand. This line extended into the Void, seemingly connecting to some special place.

"Then, let's set off now and find out where exactly Baiyin is." Lingyun said with a smile.

After all, back then, the Contract between Tokisaki Kurumi and Baiyin was set by him. Because Tokisaki Kurumi, who was Lingqi at the time, liked that kitten quite a lot, Lingyun had spent a lot of effort to bring her to the real world after the Aincrad raid ended, and the most important part was the Contract. This Contract was set by Lingyun himself and contained his Source Power, possessing an almost indestructible quality. And now, this Contract had become the clue for Lingyun to search for the world where Baiyin was located.

Lingyun's figure slowly appeared above the River of Time and Space, and beside him was the somewhat curious Tokisaki Kurumi.

Although this was not the first time Tokisaki Kurumi had come to the River of Time and Space, she always felt that after being brought to the River of Time and Space by Lingyun, the river seemed to have undergone unusual changes.

"Pluck the String of Fate!" A halo of light suddenly appeared around Lingyun.

Lingyun reached out and plucked the halo lightly, and an invisible ripple instantly spread out from it. A ray of light suddenly emerged from Tokisaki Kurumi, extending toward the direction of the River of Time and Space, and finally submerged into it.

"Explore, String of the World!" A second halo appeared around Lingyun. As this halo appeared, the time and space around the two of them suddenly twisted.

In Tokisaki Kurumi's eyes, the River of Time and Space seemed to move toward them instantly, but in the time of a few breaths, the two of them appeared within the vast River of Time and Space.

A spherical Shield had been erected around Lingyun at some point, protecting the two of them inside. After all, there were powerful time-space storms in the River of Time and Space. If the two of them were blown apart by such a time-space storm, it would be quite troublesome to reunite.

"Boom, boom, boom—" One after another, space storms bombarded the Shield, causing it to tremble slightly. However, these minor storms could not stop the actions of Lingyun and the other at all, and soon the two of them appeared in front of a world, and the ray of light extending from Tokisaki Kurumi shot straight into this world.

"Is Baiyin in this world?" Looking at the world in front of her, Tokisaki Kurumi's tone was full of curiosity.

"Since that's the case, then let's set off!" Lingyun said, holding Tokisaki Kurumi's hand.

"Okay!"